The Transnational Issue 31 March 2010 - Featuring Torsten Kriedt

31 Mar 2010

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Torsten Kriedt

Advito vice president discusses the latest industry forecast and other multinational travel management trends. Read

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Second Phase EU-US Open Skies Deal Draws Mixed Reaction 31 March 2010

Airlines in the United States cheered the signing last week of a second-stage E.U.-U.S. Open Skies deal for its promise of providing to transatlantic travelers ...

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Hotel LEED Standard Still Secondary For Buyers 31 March 2010

More hotels are applying to the U.S. Green Building Council to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification as a step ...

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TMC Partnership Powers Energizer's Intl. Travel Cost Savings 31 March 2010

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				GlobalStar Travel Management added as partners ANTA Travel in the United Arab Emirates and Al Bateel Travel in Qatar. According to GlobalStar, ANTA Travel--a subsidiary of Dubai's ETA Ascon & Star/Al Ghurair Conglomerate--has annual turnover of $206 million and 220 staff. Created in 2007, Al Bateel Travel has three offices in Doha and connections to the Galileo and Sabre global distribution systems.


				Egencia announced partnerships in Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico and Slovakia. New travel management company partners include Business Travel Unlimited in Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia; Brazil's Tour House; Corporate Travel Services in Mexico; Japan's Hankyu Travel; and Mitra Malaysia in Malaysia. Egencia in December 2009 named several other TMC partners for the Egencia Global Alliance.


				KDS named former Oracle executive Dean Forbes as executive vice president for worldwide sales and marketing, responsible for "accelerating revenue growth" for the European travel and expense systems provider.

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				American Airlines and JetBlue Airways announced plans to facilitate "simple connections" between some domestic JetBlue flights and international services operated by AA from New York JFK and Boston to 12 overseas destinations, including Barcelona, London, Sao Paulo and Tokyo. The two airlines also plan to cooperate by interlining flights operated by JetBlue from JFK and Boston to 18 U.S. cities.


				HRG announced it won Volkswagen Group's travel management account in Germany, covering about 175,000 employees.


				European rail joint venture Thalys partnered to integrate ticketless rail bookings with MobileXpense's expense software. To pull rail booking data into expense reports and create new management reports, MobileXpense customers add their Thalys ticketless number to their expense traveler profile. Brussels-based MobileXpense serves 250 companies in 25 countries.


				The Association of Corporate Travel Executives board appointed Angela Naegele treasurer-elect until May 19 when she is to begin a 19-month term as treasurer. The Reed Elsevier global procurement vice president and former ACTE board member agreed to serve following the resignations last summer of treasurer Brad Seitz and treasurer-elect Mary Ellen George, amid failed attempts to merge with the National Business Travel Association.

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